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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2017
Westin Automotive Products, Inc., San Dimas, CA (US);
Jacob August, Sherwood, OR (US);
Ron Dennis, Woodburn, OR (US);
Timothy Frazier, Beaverton, OR (US);
Jon Mason, Old Saybrook, CT (US);
Scott Salmon, Dayville, CT (US);
Ty Hargroder, Los Angeles, CA (US);
David Scuito, Molalla, OR (US);
David Burns, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Brent Nasset, Salem, OR (US);
Westin Automotive Products, Inc., San Dimas, CA (US);
Abstract
Winches with dual mode remote controls, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative winch can include a frame, a cable drum rotatably supported by the frame, a drive motor operatively connected to the cable drum, and a winch control module. The winch control module can include an enable/disable circuit having a normally open ground path connection and a controller having wireless capability connected to the enable/disable circuit. The controller can include instructions to disable the wireless capability of the controller when the normally open ground path connection is completed.